Ecclesiastes 8:14

The Scriptures 2009

There is a futility which has been done on earth, that there are righteous ones who get according to the deeds of the wrong. And there are wrong ones who get according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this too is futile.

Cross References

Job 1:22

In all this Iyoḇ did not sin nor ascribe wrong-doing unto Elohim.

Job 21:7

Why do the wrong live, become old, and become mighty in power?

Job 27:12

See, all of you have seen it. Why then are you altogether vain?

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the boasters, When I saw the peace of the wrong-doers.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, as a mistake coming from the ruler:

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise one’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And I also knew that one event befalls them all.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

And I saw that all the toil and skill of the work bring envy between man and his neighbour. That too is futile and feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, without a second, who has neither son nor brother. And there is no end to all his labours. His eye also is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving myself of good?” That too is futility, and an evil task.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen it all in my days of futility: There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong one living long in his evil.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O יהוה, when I plead with You. Indeed, let me speak with You about right-rulings. Why has the way of the wrong prospered? All the workers of treachery are at ease?

Malachi 3:15

And now we are calling the proud blessed – not only are the doers of wrongness built up, but they also try Elohim and escape.’ ”